Show ContentsQuine History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The Irish name Quine was originally written in a Gaelic form as Ó Cuinn, which means descendant of Conn.

Early Origins of the Quine family

The surname Quine was first found in County Longford (Irish: An Longfort) traditionally known as Annaly or Teffia, and situated in the Irish Midlands, in Northwest Leinster.

Early History of the Quine family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Quine research. Another 178 words (13 lines of text) covering the years 1014, 1252, 1279, 1281, 1522, 1551, 1645 and 1726 are included under the topic Early Quine History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Quine Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: O'Quinn, Quin, Quinn, Quine, MacQuin, MacQuinn, McQuin, McQuinn, MacCuin, Cuinn, Cuin and many more.

Early Notables of the Quine family

Another 45 words (3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Quine Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.


United States Quine migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Quine Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Darby Quine, who landed in Virginia in 1702 1
  • Edmund Quine, who arrived in Virginia in 1723 1
Quine Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • James Quine, who arrived in America, in 1892
  • Fred Quine, aged 25, who arrived in America from the Isle of Man, in 1896
Quine Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Gertrude Quine, aged 33, who arrived in America from Birkenhead, England, in 1907
  • Alfred Thomas Quine, aged 21, who arrived in America from Douglas, Isle of Man, in 1907
  • Rebecca Quine, aged 27, who arrived in America from Manchester, England, in 1911
  • Herbert Leigh Quine, aged 22, who arrived in America from Liverpool, England, in 1913
  • Mayarda Quine, aged 20, who arrived in America from Douglas, Isle of Man, in 1914
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Quine (post 1700) +

  • Willard Van Orman Quine (1908-2000), American philosopher and logician awarded the 1993 Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy
  • Richard Quine (1920-1989), American stage, film, and radio actor and film director
  • Robert Wolfe Quine (1942-2004), American guitarist
  • Frederick "Fred" Quine (b. 1941), Australian retired field hockey player
  • Richard Edgar Quine (b. 1934), Manx politician


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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